About Daniel Mügge

Daniel Mügge is Professor of Political Arithmetic in the political science department at the University of Amsterdam. He is an expert on macroeconomic indicators. Together with the FickleFormulas team, he researches the politics underlying economic statistics and their use in public policy. Follow him on Twitter @dmugge.

Ten years ago, on 2 April 2007, the US subprime mortgage lender New Century filed for bankruptcy in a Delaware court. It was an obscure first domino to fall. But one and a half years later, Lehman Bro...

World Forum for Democracy 2017

This year, the theme is ‘populism’. Is the problem fake news or fake democracy? What media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens and make informed choices in 21st century democracy?

Civil Society Futures is a national conversation about how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world.Come and add your voice»

Full coverage of the non-hierarchical conference held in Barcelona on 18-22 June 2017.